Jessica Stephenson
Pronouns
she/her/hers
Position
- Graduate Assistant
Department
- Natural Resource Ecology and Management
Jessica (Nelson) Stephenson is a graduate research assistant pursuing a doctoral degree in the Graduate Program of Sustainable Agriculture. She is advised by Dr. John Tyndall. As a member of Dr. Tyndall's People, Land Use and Society (PLUS) lab, she is developing a bioeconomic model in Iowa using ACPF and FiNRT to better understand the potential to increase perennial cover by growing biomass crops that are co-digested with animal manure for energy production.
Contact
Email
jnel@iastate.edu
305 Science Hall II
2310 Pammel Drive
Ames
,
IA
50011-1051
Social Media and Websites
Education
- B.S., Environmental Science, 2014, Minnesota State University, Mankato, 2014
- B.S., Ecology, 2014, Minnesota State University, Mankato, 2014
- M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University, 2022
Affiliations
Interdepartmental Programs
MS Thesis: Monitoring soil movement at the field-scale in row crop systems with prairie strips
Advisors: Richard Cruse and Matthew Liebman, Professor Emeritus, Agronomy